Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Dare County Regional Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Manteo, North Carolina 27954
Thursday, June 6, 2002 7:15 EDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
Just after takeoff, at an estimated altitude 200 feet, the airplane's engine lost partial power. The pilot checked the throttle for full power, and began a turn back to the airport under partial power. At a point about 90 degrees to the departure runway, he said the "engine power was lost completely," and the airplane "lost significant altitude." He elected to perform a water landing, rather than risk hitting homes on the shore. The airplane impacted in about 7 feet of water. An engine teardown revealed a hole in the upper case halves between cylinders 3 and 4. The number 3 and 4 connecting rods were broken from the wrist pin to the crankshaft. Laboratory examination revealed the fracture surface of the threaded half of one of the connecting rod bolts was very flat, contained arrest marks, and had a thumbnail pattern indicative of fatigue propagation. The fatigue region consumed approximately 80 percent of the cross-sectional area.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
a total loss of engine power due to the failure of a connecting rod bolt because of fatigue, resulting in damage to the airplane during the subsequent ditching.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 6/6/2002 |
| Event Day of the Week | Thursday |
| Time of Event | 715 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Daylight Time |
| Event City | Manteo |
| Event State | NORTH CAROLINA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 27954 |
| Event Date Year | 2002 |
| Event Date Month | 6 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 335513N |
| Event Location Longitude | 0754173W |
| Event Location Airport | DARE COUNTY REGIONAL |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | MQI |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0.25 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 170 |
| Airport Elevation | 14 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 720 Eastern Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 350 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | KMQI |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 14 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 1 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | EDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 23 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 21 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 230 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 7 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 896 |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Serious |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | 2 |
| Injury Total All | 2 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 13841 |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA SE Reg Com Ctr |
| NTSB Notification Date | Jun 6 2002 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1000 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | DMS |
| Date of most recent change to record | Aug 26 2003 8:17AM |
| User who most recently changed record | NTSB\JOHB |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | Greensboro FSDO |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N2594X |
| NTSB Number | MIA02LA107 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | VFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | No |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Cessna |
| Aircraft Model | P206 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | P206-0094 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 3300 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 6 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Jan 15 2002 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 18 |
| Airframe Hours | 1874 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | Rodney D. Minton |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | Po Box 1389 |
| Aircraft Owner City | Manteo |
| Aircraft Owner State | NC |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 27954 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | -- |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | -- |
| Operator State | -- |
| Operator Country | -- |
| Operator Zip code | -- |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | KMQI |
| Departure City | Manteo |
| Departure State | NC |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 714 |
| Departure Time Zone | EDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | KBQK |
| Destination City | Brunswick |
| Destination State | GA |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Climb |
| Report sent to ICAO? | No |
| Evacuation occurred | No |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jun 9 2003 2:44PM |
| User who most recently changed record | KENJ |
| Since inspection or accident | Last Inspection |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 23 |
| Runway Length | 4300 |
| Runway Width | 100 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |